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Quarknet Center

Baker

Allix

University of Oregon

Barton

Steve

Queensborough

Bealer

Brian

Syracuse

Dammer

Caelan

Boston Area Brown/Northeastern

Delgado

Hugo

University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez

Edwards

Deborah

Rice/Houston

Hart

Kevin

Johns Hopkins

Kemper

Danielle

Johns Hopkins

Ma

Tasha

Rice/Houston

Mendez

Yahaira

University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez

Monte

Veronica

Hampton/William & Mary/George Mason

Ortbahn

Nolan

University of South Dakota

Oyuntugs

Tseveldorj

University of Washington

Pereira

Gerson

Catholic University (DC)

Pisanic

John

Johns Hopkins

Rosen

Emily

University of Cincinnati 

Schloss

John

University of South Dakota

Smith

Daniel

Notre Dame/Cincinnati

Torres

Yesenia

University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez

Tursi

Amy

University of Iowa

Watje

Philip

University of New Mexico

Wetzler

Susan

Brookhaven

Wheeler

Sam

Virtual

All day

Check in at the hotel (map and hotel website)

Hyatt House Warrenville

27554 Maecliff Dr

Warrenville, IL 60555

(630) 836-2960

7 - 9 PM

Meet campers and Quarknet Fellows in the hotel lobby anytime between 7-9PM for an introductory activity (~1 hour) and bring your laptop.

• Activity: How We Roll (adapted from Dice Histograms, an activity available on the Quarknet website) in groups of 3

• Loaner laptop distribution

• Stipend and per diem payment form

• Register for the workshop (this goes to Quarknet central) and fill out the Contact Info form (this goes to us and will not be shared with anyone.)

• Bring closed-toe shoes tomorrow for the tour.

• Review Milestone 0

• We have a “guided note page” document for tomorrow’s introductory talk. If you want a paper copy, you can use the hotel’s business center to print it. Alternatively, you can print out the slides (PDF version here) from a previous version of the talk.

• Optional: if you’d like to take the graduate course offered by U. of St. Francis, you can register here.

7:15 - 7:45

Eat breakfast and then look downward to check whether you are wearing closed-toe shoes.

7:45

Meet in hotel lobby to prep ride arrangements

8:00

Depart hotel lobby for carpool to Fermilab’s Wilson Hall (map). A few minutes after entering the lab campus, look for the herd of bison to your right.

8:15 -9:00

Gain entry to premises. This may take a while.

If time permits, register for the workshop if you haven’t already, and complete  the annual Quarknet teacher survey. You can also register for the graduate course.

9:00-10:00

Introductions, welcome activities (Comitium, Wilson Hall 2nd floor crossover)

Welcome (Jeremy & Spencer)

Paperwork (Peter)

• Sign-in sheets

• If you do not already have an account at quarknet.org, tell Jeremy and he can create one for you. Once you have an account, here’s a guide for setting up your own profile.

• Register for this workshop if you haven’t already.

• Emergency procedures and contact form.

  • If you don’t have a Gmail account already, create one here. 

Hopes and fears survey (Joy)

• View responses anonymously here

• Hopes & Fears Word Cloud

Group norms (Gerry)

• What themes do you notice in the hopes & fears?

• Why are we here?

• Take a look at the norms from StepUp and Fermilab.

Our DataCamp Normso download to view it properly)

10:00-11:45

Guest Speaker: Dr. Cecilia Gerber, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago. Topic: The Standard Model and the CMS Experiment

• Slides (PDF version here)

11:45-12:45

Lunch at Wilson Hall Atrium

12:45 - 1:00

Gather at front of Atrium of Wilson Hall for tour

1:00-3:00

Tour of Wilson Hall 15th floor / driving tour

3:00-4:30

• Broken Squares Activity 

• Exploration of “Theta/Phi”

4:30

All-hands meeting

•  daily feedback survey

After 5:00

Optional - Lou Malnati’s Pizza in Naperville . Mondays aren’t usually busy, but we suggest once you have your group, call ahead to join the waiting list.  If you can decide on a Deep Dish pizza to order - ordering that ahead makes your wait time a little shorter, too.

8:30

Arrive at training center

8:45-10:00

CERN Virtual Visit (YouTube link to the entire visit)

Want to see the live web page showing LHC status? Click here!

• Cool video showing some of the LHC parts and process - feel free to download and use it!

• Check out another cool video on data collection at the LHC

• Schedule your own here

10:00-12:00

Main analysis task: CMS Calibration

• Overview of CMS (ppt) and CERN CMS page

• Supplemental activities are in the Data Portfolio.

• Work towards Milestone 1 Seminar

  • All group members must participate in the seminar before moving on to the next milestone.

• Still confused about mass, momentum, and energy all being in GeV?

• Here is a cool downloadable video showing some of the hardware in the LHC! (youtube link here)

12:00-1:00

Lunch at Wilson Hall Atrium

1:00-3:30

Continue to work on Milestones 0-2

3:30-4:30

The Bardeen Nobel Legacy, Bill Bardeen presenting (PDF of slides has been uploaded to the shared folder)

4:30

All-hands meeting

•  daily feedback survey

After 5

Some options:

• Top Golf Naperville - half price Tuesday $29.50/hr for one bay for up to 6 people; they do serve beverages and food (about 10 min drive from hotel)

• Warren’s Ale House - Pub Trivia at 7PM (about 10 min drive from hotel)

8:30 - 8:45

Arrive at Training Center, all-hands meeting

9:00-10:00

The Muon g-2 experiment, Adam Lyon presenting

• Slides from Adam Lyon (older version  lives in the 2018 camper resources folder here)

• Bonus Material:

  • Here are some slides from Chris Polly, the Muon g-2 project manager, and others from his colleagues:

    • Chris’s initial proposal to bring g-2 to Fermilab;

    • A very technical talk on how to make this thing happen;

    • A talk by FNAL scientist Steve Werkema summarizing the experiments on the muon campus;

  • Adam provided a link to a simple cloud chamber design on his Github.

10:00-11:xx

Work time with particle groups: complete histograms, apply various cuts and analyses, search for other signals etc. 

11:xx - 1:3xx

Lunch / Processing time  =)

• Eat Lunch at Wilson Hall Atrium

• Take a stroll to Lederman 

• Visit the bison

• Work with your group in the Atrium

1:xx - 2:30

Finish up  Milestones 0 - 2

2:30 - 4:00

• Share out with particle groups - here are some additional follow-up questions that could be fun to discuss

• Work on student hat presentation - parameters listed in Milestone 2 part 8

4:00

All-hands meeting

•  daily feedback survey

After 4:30

optional - Trip into the city??

•  Jazzin’ at the Shedd Aquarium (open until 10PM)

• Adler Planetarium (open until 10PM) - if you are a member of your local science museum, the  Adler is free for you to visit

8:30 - 9:10

Arrive at Training Center, final polish of Milestone 2 Presentations

9:15 - 10:00

Student Hat Presentations. Upload a copy of your presentation here

10:00 - 12:00

Teacher Hat Time! (Milestone 3)

• Explore Portfolio Activities 

• Other Coding Activities

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch at Wilson Hall Atrium

1:00 - 1:30

Venture out to Bubble Chamber, take a group photo

1:30 - 3:30

Continue work on Milestone 3

3:30-4:30

Chad Ronish Presentation - Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF/DUNE)

4:30

All-hands meeting; daily feedback survey

After 5:00

Optional:

• Trip to American Science and Surplus; open M-F until 7,(map)

• Trip into the city for Art Institute of Chicago (open until 8 pm)

• Kane County Cougars - The Office Night Theme & Thirsty Thursday/Fireworks (6:30pm) - tickets $16 for box, $14 for Upper deck Reserved seats

• Lead Teacher night - (7pm) meet with Ken, enjoy adult beverages, talk about potentially being a lead teacher at your center! (Directions)

7:00 - 8:00

If you are departing today, check out of the hotel, and bring your luggage with you to the lab if you are heading to the lab before we depart from the lab - otherwise check your bags at the front desk of the hotel for a departure later in the evening.

8:30 - 10:30

milestone 4

• Complete Implementation Plan form

• Upload any resources you’d like to share here

10:30 - 11:30

Present implementation plans in small group

11:30 - 11:45

Group Photo in front of reflecting pool

11:45 -12:45

Lunch at Wilson Hall Atrium

1:00 - 2:00

Selected teachers share implementation plan with whole group

2:15 - 2:45

All hands meeting

• Housekeeping stuff (tolls, receipts etc)

• Additional Quarknet opportunities

• How to get more involved

• Links:   

  • Standard Model Interactive (Deborah)

  • Searching for the Building Blocks of Matter (Deborah)

  • CERN What Particle Are You? (Susan)

2:45 - 3:00

Complete Final Feedback Form

Hopes and Fears Revisited here

• Hopes & Fears Word Cloud

3:00 

Head back to the hotel or airport or home!! Rides for Departure